Compromised... almost

These days everybody wants to express their passion in the clearest possible way, being the best in their environment, the ritchest, the smartest, the tallest, the most femenine, the most tolerant, etc. But we find ourselves with pieces of news such as the one that caught my attention this morning, namely, The Atheist Bus (I have a link to a Spanish paper in my Spanish blog, but there are plenty of sources.

In a nutshell, there is a global movement by an group of atheists which call themselves the International Federation of Atheists which proudly communicate to the world to stop worrying because "there is probably no God". They are so convinced of their own doctrine that they had to put the word "probably" in it, which, to my understanding, reliquishes all credibility. What would we think if the Church said "there probably is a God out there"? Or if our own government said we'll probably be better off next year? What if your boss said you're probably gonna be considered for a promotion? What if he removed the word "probably"? Wouldn't it show a little more conviction?

The word has probably (hehehehe) been put in just to smooth things out with the other side, the believers, which is even more absurd because I doubt very much it will be less offensive because the offenders are less convinced (apart from the fact that the Bible forces believers to forgive their offenders... but that's a different matter entirely...).

The funny thing is that atheism, if one looks it up (ok, not Atheism because that's just "the doctrine of the atheist"; search "atheist") is the denial of God, but this feels more like an "Anti-God" campaign rather than a "No God" campaign. What do they expect to gain from this? To gain more atheists that don't believe in God? Isn't this Federation there to promote Free Thought? Woudn't it be better to actually back this up with some more conviction than "probably"?

Are they not commited to their own ideas? But, if they are not convinced, why are they trying to convince everybody else? Do they expect to gain conficence through social acceptance?

... or are they just trying to get their 15 minutes of fame the easy way, through scandal?